On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its forecast of the country’s corn crop. The price for a bushel of corn has been pushing close to a record $8 recently, but fell this week amid reports that things might be drier, and the corn crop better, than first thought… Midwest flooding notwithstanding.

“Knee-high by the 4th of July” is the old saying.

So we took the official News Cut knee out to Hastings this afternoon.

Yep, things are right on schedule. If you’re a farmer where things aren’t going so well, the Farmers Legal Action Group released its farmer disaster guide today.

About the blogger

Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts where he was VP of programming for Berkshire Broadcasting Co. He was an editor at the RKO Radio Network in New York, and WHDH Radio in Boston. He is the founder of the MPR News’ website. He is a private pilot and flies an airplane he built.